Friday, January 26th - Bring Chicago Home Phone Bank / Bring Chicago Home Canvass
Actions You Can Take
Action 1: Phone Bank with Indivisible Chicago for Bring Chicago Home Sunday
Sunday, January 28th, 4-7 PM CT
Action 2: Saturday, January 27, from 10am - 1pm at El Artesanal at 5217 W Diversey in Chicago
Action 1: Phone Bank with Indivisible Chicago for Bring Chicago Home
Join Indivisible Chicago virtually to make phone calls for Bring Chicago Home!
With over 68,000 people homeless in Chicago, the Bring Chicago Home coalition aims to create a dedicated revenue stream for the city to address homelessness by funding more permanent housing and supportive services. The proposal would be funded by changing the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT), a one-time tax on properties when they are sold, to a progressive structure. So properties sold for under a $1 million--roughly 96% of real estate sales in Chicago--would receive a tax cut, while properties sold for over $1 million would see a slight increase to the transfer tax. In order to enact this policy, Chicago voters need to VOTE YES on the referendum that will be on the March 19 primary ballot.
Action 2: 2024 Canvass Launch to Bring Chicago Home
Despite the frigid weather, volunteers joined the People's Lobby and knocked more than 1000 doors and had nearly 400 phone conversations with voters about candidate for 20th District State Senator Graciela Guzman, candidate for Cook County State's Attorney Clayton Harris, and Bring Chicago Home, the ballot initiative that will address our city's homelessness crisis by taxing wealthy developers.
Saturday, January 27, from 10am - 1pm at El Artesanal at 5217 W Diversey in Chicago, The People’s Lobby will continue a season of events and actions leading up to the March 19th primary with a canvass launch! This will be a critical opportunity for us to gather, strategize, and mobilize our efforts. We’ll get grounded in this race and what it will take to win Bring Chicago Home before heading out for a canvass shift in the neighborhood. We’ll provide all the training you need. We need your voice and your presence in the community to get people excited about this opportunity to end Chicago’s housing crisis! RSVP for the event here.
Action via The People’s Lobby
While some of these Daily Actions come from our own work as Indivisible Chicago Alliance, others are from our many partners working to advance the progressive agenda. We invite you to join us in supporting their work. Postings from partners do not imply Indivisible Chicago Alliance endorsement of specific policies and positions.